And I thought I had a lot of solder, seems a few of you have even more; I guess it's ok for me to stockpile more solder
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
And I thought I had a lot of solder, seems a few of you have even more; I guess it's ok for me to stockpile more solder
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
yes.
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
I just stick mine with any scrap metal I'm taking to the recycling centre.
The lead balls are extremely small and even looking if I stick some paste under a microscope. If you think you can grind down your waste to that size without breathing in any particles why don't you try. Seems like an awful waste of time considering the price though.Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
Well I can stir it to make it homogeneous, so it shouldn't be too horrible. I suspect it has much more regular lead solder than lead free, maybe enough so that it's close to 63:37 (if 60:40 is primary component and the tin heavy lead free.)
Just seeing what I can do with this big lump of waste solder...Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
I wonder if my waste solder, if I skim enough of the crap out of it, is good enough to grind down into a powder and mix with flux to make homemade solder paste...Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
case?
that's in 2 5L containers.Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
Oh gosh, I totally forgot about paste (and solder balls for bga) and since they are used for construction, I should have included it with this poll. Alas probably need to multiply paste mass by a fraction as I don't want to count the flux/carrier as there's more not-solder in it than in wire solder. Solder balls probably have a go as-is.
Of what I have, I have that 0.25 lb of lead free electronics solder and a bit less than 0.5lb of lead free pipe solder. Yes I still have leaded pipe solder...
... and I have a minuscule amount of solder paste as I don't stockpile enough surface mount components at home to build with...Last edited by eccerr0r; 03-19-2018, 09:28 AM.Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
well if we are including cleaner, 10L of pure IPA.
(only way to get a decent price!!)Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
About 7 pounds (various diameters) of "wire" -- a mix of Sn60 & Sn63 -- and a few tubes of paste.
Probably 3 pounds of "plumbers solder" as there tends to be more "waste" with that activity.
A dozen cans of aerosol board/flux cleaner.Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
one 100g reel of 5% silver 0.5mm very expensive stuff,
about half a 250g reel of 0.7mm pretty expensive stuff.
but as both are lead-free, there is a lot more on those reels in meters than it sounds.
and about 0.5L of industrial flux intended for wave-soldering.
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
One spool of quality 0.7mm solder
One spool of Chinese 0.4mm solder a bit crappy
One spool of Chinese 1mm solder, very crappy and thick but good for removing parts.
One spool of Chinese 0.4mm low temp solder.
I just have a lifetimes supply of Chemtronics braid (56 bobbins).Leave a comment:
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Re: Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
I think I have about 2.2 lbs (~1kg) of solder wire, about 0.75 lb (~0.33kg) is pipe solder.
I have another 0.5lb (~0.25kg) of waste solder I think... haven't weighed it in a while.Last edited by eccerr0r; 03-18-2018, 09:17 PM.Leave a comment:
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Fun Poll: how much solder wire do you have stockpiled at home?
21Less than 100g or 0.25 lb (less than a spool)0%0less than about 250g or 0.5 lb (small spool) but more than above0%4less than 500g or 1lb (regular spool) but more than above0%4less than 2 lbs (lots of types of solder) but more than above0%4less than 4 lbs but more than above0%34 pounds or more of solder0%6The poll is expired.
Just solder wire. As I heard someone else say, I think I have enough solder to outlast myself... at least at current use.
Include:
- any gauge
- any flux
- spooled or spiral (estimate!)
- Pipe solder wire (make a note of it if you wish)
Don't include:
- solder pot solder
- solder bars
- waste solder
Yes I know the US "avdp" pounds vs metric measurements are slightly off, just pick which you use.
And I forgot to add the metric conversions for the last three options. 2lb option => 1kg option and 4lb => 2kg option.
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